Okay, my mom didn’t actually say that because she doesn’t wear makeup (I know! The apple fell so far from the tree!).

Anyhoo, I was inspecting the purplish nether regions under my eyes this morning and feeling pretty crappy because of the whole no sleep thing, so I decided to run with it and try a purplish-brown smokey eye. The result improved my sour mood and put a lil’ spring in my step, for sure!

I haven’t been a regular user of matte shadows in the past, but I went all out with them this time. Thanks to MAC Senior Makeup Artist Jennifer Karsten’s advice, I’ve decided I’m going to work diligently to couple them with shimmer shades to create more depth in my eye makeup looks.

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Ooh, you use Champagne glow. How do you like it? Nice look, very office-appropriate. I like your top too, is it still cold where you live? You have very nice application, the colors blend so well together. Believe it or not, I don’t have any matte shadows Ok I lied, I have 1 but rarely use it since I find matte colors rather boring. I may reconsider that and go get me some of them matte to add more depth to my eyes.

that look is absolutely gorgeous and i wanna buy all the colors. today was actually very minimal for considering finals are coming up. just a little dior undressed beige on the lids and some mascara…oh well. sometimes you have those days

Nice! I loooove Sable. That was the first eyeshadow I ever purchased from MAC. I use Graphblack too sometimes. I’m still trying to get used to lining the waterline, but I have yet to find something that goes on and stays on.

I like it a lot! It’s a great nude color, just ike you said it would be. Thanks for the complement on the top! It’s a dress I got on sale a few months ago in the fall (I wore it the Paris interview, hee). It’s been very chilly over the last few days because the fog moved in…how is the weather round your way?

I feel (felt?) the same way too about mattes. I didn’t realize that the trick is to mix it up (before I would just try to use all mattes together…really hard to blend).

Karen!
You look definitely cute~~!!!(I love the top you’re wearing, girl!)
I don’t have problems with dark circles, I usually don’t have any! But I do hate when concealer sinks into my fine lines…I’m still looking for my perfect concealer
Hugs!

Thank you hon (on both the makeup and the shirt complements.) You are so lucky that you don’t have dark circles. I am very jealous. Oh! Concealer sinks into my fine lines too. Have you tried putting primer on first? How is the weather there in your neck of Spain today? I hope it’s getting warmer.

Very nice Karen. I picked up Newly Minted myself resently. I love your color combination.
I’m going to MAC tomorrow is get my make-up done with the Naughty Nautical line. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Hope you’re having a great week!
Tonya

You know, Avon is rocking my world these days. I’ve been using their Clearskin cleanser in the morning and my zits are pretty much under control. I also use the oil cleansing method to deep cleanse and remove makeup at night. It removes dead skin cells and makeup pretty well, even waterproof mascara. My skin is as smooth as a baby’s bottom now, a thing that I’ve never had for a long long long long time. I also use Neutrogena Acne Stress Control 3 in 1 lotion like Glosslizard mentioned and it works very fine too. Thank you Gloss for mentioning it, I had it in my stash for a while.

I looked at the price of Avon in Amazon.com and at Avon website and there’s a difference. Avon has more sales going on and you can save more by ordering from their website. Plus if you google for free shipping code, they sometimes have them as well. I will definitely buy some matte colors the next time I order. Jilian Dempsey, Dr. McDreamy’s wife, is the global beauty advisor of Avon and people are raving about the new blushes she made. Ok, enough of the obsessive gossip. Hope you have a nice day.

Hey Karen
Yep, I’ve tried with primer. It does make the concealer look a bit better but it ends skinking into my lines. I’m still waiting for someone to make the perfect concealer!! (Hope you have some cosmetics-maker readers, Karen!)
Spain is getting warmer, in fact! We had sun today, but I stayed home I’m trying to choose a good sunscreen but I’m a bit lost.
Hugs! :3

Avon seems to be way less old lady than they used to that’s for sure. I will be getting a bottle of that Acne Stress Control when I finish up my tube of BHA (whenever that is). Neutrogena’s got awesome face stuff…

I heard those blushes were quite nice! I will look on the website when I have time to browse at home tonight. McDreamy is in that new movie, Made of Honor. I think I might watch it, because I like cheesy flicks like that.

LOL I so did…I’ll probably be wearing it for the next week at least. You know how you really love something…you just want to wear it all the time? I’m so there. I’m afraid my other fragrances are just going to have to chill out for the moment.

I love the look, I try and go for something pretty similar usually although yours is better pulled together. I’ve been working on dupes lately because I am trying to save up for some long term investments… how do you feel about NYX brand? Also a lot of the colors you used are similar to a Bonne Bell eyeshadow set I have… which despite the $5 price tag has some really nice shimmer shades in it.

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